[78-L] Pee Wee Marquette

[Jeff Sultanof]

Marquette was a major pain in the ass and a bit of a swine. This was what
every musician who played Birdland who I've spoken to has said. Some
musicians came close to really beating him up over this business of asking
for money to be announced.

Marquette ended his 'career' as a doorman for a Hawaiian restaurant.

Jeff Sultanof

On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 6:49 PM, Cary Ginell <soundthink at live.com> wrote:

>
> Terry Gibbs told me some very funny stories about Marquette in his
> autobiography that I helped write. Pee Wee called Eddie Shaughnessy
> "Shaw-genessey" and Teddy Kotick became "Teddy Kotex." When Terry had to
> miss the opening of his Birdland date to receive a plaque from Down Beat on
> "The Steve Allen Show," Marquette told the audience, "Terry Gibbs is going
> to be a little late because he's getting the plague on TV."
>
>
>
> Marquette didn't demand money to pronounce your name correctly; he wanted
> money just to say your name at all. When Terry asked him to name off
> everyone in his quintet one night, Marquette asked for a dollar for each
> name. When Terry found out Marquette had also asked each individual in the
> band for a dollar without Terry's knowledge, Terry called him on it.
> Marquette's answer: "Business is business, Terry. Business is business."
>
>
>
> Cary Ginell
>
> > Date: Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:40:38 -0800
> > From: ericgoldie2 at yahoo.com
> > To: 78-l at klickitat.78online.com
> > Subject: [78-L] Pee Wee Marquette
> >
> > Oops, I misspelled Art’s name. I got it
> > >> on good authority from Pee Wee Marquette that it is “Art Blakley”
> > >> because that’s how I heard Pee Wee introduce him at Birdland.
> > >> _______________________________________________
> >
> > Allegedly, Pee Wee Marquette wanted money to pronounce the names
> correctly. I'm trying to remember who called Marquette, who was a little
> person, "half a motherf---er"`
> >
> >
> >
> >
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